Title :
Computation of heart motion from two-dimensional echocardiograms
Author :
Lamberti, Claudio ; Canini, Enrico ; Bulgarelli, Fabio
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Inf. e Sistemistica, Bologna Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A method based on the computation of the optical flow on sequences of 2D echocardiograms to quantify the motion of the heart is presented. Results obtained from a four-chamber view sequence from a patient with an apical infarction are reported
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; computer vision; 2D echocardiograms; apical infarction; four-chamber view sequence; heart motion; instantaneous velocity field; optical flow; two-dimensional echocardiograms; Heart; Image motion analysis; Image recognition; Motion analysis; Motion measurement; Optical computing; Optical filters; Pixel; Thickness measurement; Two dimensional displays;
Conference_Titel :
CompEuro '91. Advanced Computer Technology, Reliable Systems and Applications. 5th Annual European Computer Conference. Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Bologna
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2141-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPEUR.1991.257500
